everybody cares about each other. >> dennis brady: i live in new york city. i don't have a key to my front door and my door is never locked. and if it is, i couldn't get into it because i don't have a key. >> pelley: this isn't the place people think of when they think of new york city. >> dennis brady: exactly. >> pelley: belle harbor is down there below manhattan, in queens, on a strip of sand called the rockaway peninsula. the atlantic is to the south. jamaica bay, to the north, separates what they call the rockaways from the island of manhattan. after 1900, it was a beach resort. but over the years, it settled into what were neat rows of middle class homes. the streets are piled high with sand now. the main drag has been knocked out of business. but a neighborhood is made of people, and here, they take care of their own. during the storm, mike mcdonnell sheltered in a house with his neighbors when the tidal surge began filling the street. >> mike mcdonnell: the windows blew in. you'll hear "pop, pop, pop, pop." and all the water came rushing in. it came r